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Submitted by
heehaa
a Cross Country Rider
from Northeast

Date Reviewed: October 14, 2011

Strengths: Great design

Weaknesses: Poor manufacturing. Poor QC. Bad decision by Rockshox to allow this fork with defective lowers to go to market. This was a known defect in 2009. My fork was made in May of 2010 with the same defective lower casting. Do they not care? Two years with this defect?

Bottom Line:

The defect in the lower casting means the wheel is not held perpendicular to the ground - the wheel is never parallel with the movement of the fork as the fork compresses and extends. Result: the spokes and rim are loaded in a way the wheel was never designed to see. Under heavy use this defective fork sharply moves the front end of the bike in very unexpected directions. Worse than poor handling - Dangerous!!

Apparently not all of Rockshox 2009 and 2010 models shared this defect - but it appears there are a lot of them still out there. Concerned? Place a truing-stand trued wheel in the fork. If the fork is OK the rim will be clearly centered between the lower legs.

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